The Birch Show.

I don't know if this is socially awkward or if it's just a weird, like an edit.

I guess it's etiquette, but it's etiquette of somebody who's already doing something.

How do you handle somebody who's already doing something wrong?

Okay.

Like I need etiquette for somebody who's already not in the right because we have a friend.

Jessica and I have a friend who is a little bit of a gossip. And, you know, like if you say, I don't like gossip, but don't believe in it, you're lying. Gossip's fun. Everybody likes to talk crap about everybody else, makes you feel good and puts other people down and what's not enjoyable about that, right? So you sit around and you say... Unless you're friends. I mean, are you talking about, like, a close circle? You're talking about people you don't know. I mean, it's just in every circle, you know, like, let's say, let's use the environment of an office. Okay? So like we all know each other here at Q and 100, you know, Nathan and Sales and everybody else. Like we're all friendly and we all know who is who.

And let's say there's... Allegedly. Allegedly. Right? So we're all in this circle and everything.

And you'll gossip about other people in the office who you know and you have a respect for because

they work in the same company as you. Well, this one person that is a gossip is like a pretty severe gossip to the point

where they just, like, there's stuff that's blatantly made up. Like, I mean, they are a hardcore.

It's almost the only thing they know what to talk about or how to talk is by gossiping.

But I do think Bert's right. Like, I think that if you don't, if somebody comes up and tells me a story about somebody behind their bag that I don't know too well, it's weird. Then that, I don't think much of that person. But if it's a close friend of mine, then it's like we're just talking about what's going on and we're kind of comparing notes. Like, is this the inner click gossip stuff that goes on? because that's the stuff that I hate. Like, is this, like, part of, like, your friend group where people are talking crap about each other within the same group?

You're like, you and I talking about Melissa and just have it be, like, shady or whatever.

It's a broader group than that.

Because there are levels of gossiping that are, some are acceptable and some are not.

Well, and is it gossiping if you're sharing somebody's good news or is it only bad news if it's gossip? Yeah, gossip news. Gossip's negative, right? Like if somebody's pregnant and you know about it when she's only like two months along and like I go and I tell Melissa like, hey, did you hear so-and-so? Is that still gossip?

Yeah. Is gossip or is gossip? Because that's sharing good news. Like it's like, it's like, it's like, exciting. It's not your news to share though. You know what I mean? Yeah, it's either your, it's unconfirmed. But even if you know for certain, like something like a pregnancy should be spread by the parties involved. So then that would be gossip.

But if maybe she's just started telling people, I don't know, I'm just trying to figure out if it's only bad news that's gossip or if it's good news, it's also gossip. Well, what's your friend do, Joe? Well, it's hardcore, like, all she communicates in is gossip. Like, when she's a story you know what i mean so about

someone else about about somebody else it's almost like she doesn't have the capability of having a

random conversation about a new car she's going to look at like it's always about someone else

so much so that i have begun to limit my time with with this person because

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